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NCAA Tests Out Flat-Seamed Baseballs To Boost Batting Averages

6:47pm June 05, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews physicist Alan Nathan, a professor at the University of Illinois, about how homeruns are up by 40 percent after using flat-seamed balls this season.

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Robbie Keane scored in Ireland's controversial World Cup qualifying match with France on Nov. 18, 2009 — but the country was eliminated by the aggregate score of 2-1. Ireland's soccer association says FIFA paid 5 million euros — $7 million at 2010 exc

Irish Soccer Details $7 Million FIFA Payment Over Handball

5:29pm June 05, 2015

by Bill Chappell

While earlier news has alleged hefty bribes over the awarding of the tournament, this case centers on a pivotal play in a World Cup playoff game that played in a key role in Ireland staying home.

For Thoroughbreds, The Big Payout Can Come Long After The Race

1:48pm June 05, 2015

by Elliot Hannon

American Pharoah will race for the Triple Crown on Saturday. A Belmont victory would make horse-racing history, and his owner will get a nice payday. But the real financial windfall comes later.

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NBA Game 1: Warriors Beat Cavaliers 108-100 In Overtime

7:58am June 05, 2015

by Tom Goldman

In what may herald an exciting series, Game 1 of the NBA Finals went into overtime Thursday night. But the Warriors ran away from the Cavaliers in the final five minutes, winning 108-100.

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Women's World Cup Soccer Action To Begin Amid FIFA Scandal

7:58am June 05, 2015

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Soccer fans are in Canada for the Women's World Cup that kicks off Saturday in Edmonton. As finishing touches are made in the 6 host cities, fans are also talking about the FIFA corruption scandal.

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The Old Well on campus at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Reports from the school and the NCAA say UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and staff oversaw a student-athlete grade-inflation scheme that lasted almost twenty years.

University Of North Carolina Charged With 5 'Level 1' Violations By NCAA

6:58am June 05, 2015

by Sam Sanders

The NCAA has been looking into the case for several years, after allegations of widespread grade inflation for student athletes at the school.

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Lightning Hope Lesson Was Learned In Opening Game Loss To Blackhawks

6:57am June 05, 2015

by David McGuffin

Chicago took advantage of late-game lapses to win in Game 1 of hockey's Stanley Cup. Tampa Bay knows it has to keep the pressure on to bounce back in Game 2 of the finals.

Former Goalie Says U.S. Women's Soccer Team Looks 'Incredibly Strong'

8:50pm June 04, 2015

The 2015 Women's World Cup opens in Canada Saturday. NPR's Melissa Block talks to former goalie Briana Scurry about the U.S. team's prospects. Scurry was on the last U.S. team that won in 1999.

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A Chinese basketball team from the YMCA in San Francisco, 1919.

Chinese Basketballers Of Yesteryear

2:50pm June 04, 2015

by Linton Weeks

In the early 20th century, Chinese athletes in the U.S. sometimes found social liberation on the basketball courts.

Former Top Soccer Official Gets Ball Rolling In FIFA Investigation

2:44pm June 04, 2015

The probe into soccer's governing body centers on an American who admitted to taking bribes. Ari Shapiro talks to Nathaniel Vinton, who is part of the New York Daily News sports investigation team.

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